MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME New Member party welcomes rich, diverse group BY STEPHEN VRATTOS The North Shore Towers New Member Committee held its biannual cocktail party May 13 in the VIP Room to welcome new residents. Dozens attended, hobnobbing with fellow “freshmen;” committee members; Management, including General Manager Glen Kotowski; Country Club personnel, including Country Club Manager Mary Anne Langone and Director of Golf Bob Guido; and the NST Board of Directors, including Board President Mort Gitter and Board Members Fred Chernow, Bruce Savid, Pat Tulchin, Maria Termini- Miller, Howard Teitelbaum, Mario Carmiciano and Felice Hannah. “What happens to people when they become part of North Shore in coupons. is. “Where is the library? The shuffleboard? You’re looking for the card room… which one?” The map would be designed with an easy-tonavigate grid system, each location denoted by an alpha-numeric combination to indicate the x and y axes on which the area lays. Animated chatter, laughter and smiles filled the room. Delicious appetizers were supplied by the VIP Room with nary a single serving platter returning to the kitchen empty. Elaine and Jack Kornbluh, both retired teachers, had moved in less than a week prior from Jamaica estates, where they’d lived for 44 years. A member of the 11th Airborne during World War II, Jack helped free Manila and witnessed the signing of the armistice with Japan. He earned a Bronze Star in service to his country. Jack’s brother lived at The Towers many years ago. Seymour and Selma Baumgarten moved in six months ago from Brooklyn. Seymour had worked as a chemist for Warner Bros. in the early days of the film industry, creating the solutions with which early film had to be treated. He and Selma have friends in The Towers, and discovered to their surprise after they’d moved in, that an old friend from Brooklyn resided just an apartment away on the same floor. Leonard and Louise Mason moved from Merrick at the end of October to be closer to the city and their daughter. They, too, have friends at NST who are “very happy.” Photos by Julie Weissman Towers?” says Arnie Cammeyer, New Member Committee Chairperson, when asked the reason for the biannual meet-ups. “Why not introduce them to The Towers and other new residents like them?” To that end, all entering NST residents receive an orientation packet, which includes information on the Golf and Tennis Clubs; the many amenities available to them through the Country Club, including the gym, pool and fitness classes; as well as all the social clubs, which are all a part of the NST community. It also includes hundreds of dollars In the future, Arnie promises a map to show where everything Arnie Cammeyer and the new Member Committee Mort Gitter welcomes new residents Linda Savid greets new NST resident Kirk Schloss New residents Judy and Bruce Hirshon North Shore Towers Courier n June 2015 3
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